CapeFlyer flying high

Over its first four weekends, the CapeFlyer train service between Boston and Hyannis took in more than $52,000 in revenue, according to Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority Administrator Tom Cahir.

Patriot Staff

Over its first four weekends, the CapeFlyer train service between Boston and Hyannis took in more than $52,000 in revenue, according to Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority Administrator Tom Cahir. That, he says, breaks down to about $13,000 per weekend, well ahead of the $10,800 needed to cover operations.

More than 2,500 passengers took the train during that period, Cahir told the RTA’s advisory board last week. He expects even stronger demand in the peak months of July and August.

The RTA has added a special Thursday roundtrip next week on July 4, following the Saturday schedule with a Boston departure at 8 a.m. and a return run from Hyannis at 6:30 p.m. – plenty of time to pop in on the town’s Fourth of July parade at 4 p.m. just around the corner on Main Street.

A press release from the RTA notes that if a particular departure time does not fit one’s schedule, travelers can “check with our intercity bus partners, P&B and Peter Pan, for additional options.”